Buses that will take Baltimore students to the March For Our Lives, a March 24 protest at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. led by students demanding stricter gun laws, have been privately funded, Mayor Catherine Pugh announced today at her weekly press conference.

“All the monies have been raised privately—a little over 100 [thousand], something like that,” Pugh said.

When Pugh first announced the pledge to bus students to the protest, meeting with kids from across the city who staged a walkout during the school day, she said she would seek private donations, but would look into closing any shortfalls by using public funds.

The $100,000 is expected to be enough to rent 60 buses for 3,000 students. James Bentley, a spokesperson with Pugh’s office, said the donations are going to the Baltimore Community Foundation, but he said he could not disclose the names of donors and that some wish to remain anonymous.

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